Peter H. Coffin
@hellsop.ninehells.com
Approximately 43°N, 88°W. a.g C*b*l a.s.r expat. I vibe sailing, aviation, cookery, cocktails, cats, cartoons, and ancient computer languages. But none of that is who I am. (he/him) Signal: hellsop.13
Pivot To AI (short video blog on YouTube, mostly daily) has hit on actual cases of Mechanical Turk "AI" repeatedly. But maybe the conspiracy nuts don't find it interesting because it's so obviously real and understood.
May 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Pivot To AI (short video blog on YouTube, mostly daily) has hit on actual cases of Mechanical Turk "AI" repeatedly. But maybe the conspiracy nuts don't find it interesting because it's so obviously real and understood.
But the pretty eyeball scintillation?
May 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
But the pretty eyeball scintillation?
Back in my day, this was known as a "rumble" and the cross-town high school was the enemy. /s
May 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Back in my day, this was known as a "rumble" and the cross-town high school was the enemy. /s
Possibly there's an exception for the one at the close of Rice University's Orientation Week.
May 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Possibly there's an exception for the one at the close of Rice University's Orientation Week.
Traditional crown roasts get those little pantaloons on the bones, so maybe...
May 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Traditional crown roasts get those little pantaloons on the bones, so maybe...
Pretty sure that's actually the thing. Something changed in shampoo broadly at some point and it just stopped being a thing.
I haven't seen a Head and Shoulders or Selsen Blue advert in two decades.
I haven't seen a Head and Shoulders or Selsen Blue advert in two decades.
May 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Pretty sure that's actually the thing. Something changed in shampoo broadly at some point and it just stopped being a thing.
I haven't seen a Head and Shoulders or Selsen Blue advert in two decades.
I haven't seen a Head and Shoulders or Selsen Blue advert in two decades.
a Brandy Old Fashioned (the state cocktail) with some implication that the matter at issue was that the principal preferred them sweet (with a white soda mixer) instead of sour (grapefruit soda, as God intended).
But the class was probably the most valuable one I ever had in public school.
But the class was probably the most valuable one I ever had in public school.
May 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
a Brandy Old Fashioned (the state cocktail) with some implication that the matter at issue was that the principal preferred them sweet (with a white soda mixer) instead of sour (grapefruit soda, as God intended).
But the class was probably the most valuable one I ever had in public school.
But the class was probably the most valuable one I ever had in public school.
We learned how to calculate tax forms. How to balance a checkbook. And because it was Wisconsin, we learned how to score bowling.
Because THAT was a civic responsibility.
The school administration had, the prior year, asked Mr Fuchs to stop teaching 14-year-olds how to mix 4/
Because THAT was a civic responsibility.
The school administration had, the prior year, asked Mr Fuchs to stop teaching 14-year-olds how to mix 4/
May 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We learned how to calculate tax forms. How to balance a checkbook. And because it was Wisconsin, we learned how to score bowling.
Because THAT was a civic responsibility.
The school administration had, the prior year, asked Mr Fuchs to stop teaching 14-year-olds how to mix 4/
Because THAT was a civic responsibility.
The school administration had, the prior year, asked Mr Fuchs to stop teaching 14-year-olds how to mix 4/
We got how to register to vote. We got lessons on what to expect for jury duty including how Wisconsin's court system differed from other states' that one might see on television(!). We got squared away with applications for Social Security numbers because that wasn't an at-birth thing then. 3/
May 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We got how to register to vote. We got lessons on what to expect for jury duty including how Wisconsin's court system differed from other states' that one might see on television(!). We got squared away with applications for Social Security numbers because that wasn't an at-birth thing then. 3/
and some history of governments in general, and gave a lot of Americans who passed through the tender mercies of Mr Fuchs ("'Fewx', thank you") the basics of US's 3-Article governance but also Westminster system and a few other forms. And then things got a little more... general. 2/
May 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
and some history of governments in general, and gave a lot of Americans who passed through the tender mercies of Mr Fuchs ("'Fewx', thank you") the basics of US's 3-Article governance but also Westminster system and a few other forms. And then things got a little more... general. 2/
40 years ago, the Civics class I attended was in 8th grade. It was called "Governement" because it was a midpoint between the assumption that everyone needed this and the slide you note. But it was a Civics class in all respects that matter. It taught the forms of government, 1/
May 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
40 years ago, the Civics class I attended was in 8th grade. It was called "Governement" because it was a midpoint between the assumption that everyone needed this and the slide you note. But it was a Civics class in all respects that matter. It taught the forms of government, 1/
Even if true, the menacing is the problem, not the masks.
May 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Even if true, the menacing is the problem, not the masks.
trump take cabbage? or did they only have it for Lenten fish tacos?
May 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
trump take cabbage? or did they only have it for Lenten fish tacos?
RCS chat dealing with an SMS-only participant?
May 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
RCS chat dealing with an SMS-only participant?
Gotta bond over SOMETHING, right? Even if wasn't there yesterday, common experience is key.
May 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Gotta bond over SOMETHING, right? Even if wasn't there yesterday, common experience is key.